Holder for desk or memorandum pads



Apr. 2,34, 1923.

S. B. MEIN HOLDER FOR DESK OR MEMORANDUM PADS Filed June '7, 1922 43 I VENTOR:

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Patented Apr. 24, 1923.

entree STATES STEWART B. MEIN, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

HOLDER FOR DESK OR MEMORANDUM PADS.

Application filed. June 7,

To all to from it may COW/06TH.

Be it known that I, STE\VART B. Minn, a citizen of the United States, residing in the city and county of Philadelphia, State of Pennsylvania. have invented a new and useful Holder for Desk or Memorandum Pads, of which the following is a specifi cation. 1

My inventionconsists of a holder for a desk or memorandum pad of the order of a roll, the same being adaptedto be supported and concealed beneath the, top of a desk, table or the like, whereby it retains its normal position and isnot exposed or liable to be carried off improperly, provision being made for readily grasping the forward end of the unsevered portionv of the pad, novel means being provided also for supporting the roll, guiding a length thereof to the place of severance, and pre-, venting dropping of said length. I

It consists further of novel details of con-- struction as will be hereinafter set forth.

The invention is satisfactorily illustrated in the accompanyingjdrawing, but the important instrumentalities thereofmay be varied, and so it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the specific details shown and describechas long as they are within the spirit or scope of the claims.

Figure 1 represents a perspective view of a desk showing a portion of a holder for a pad embodying my invention applied thereto.

Figure 2 represents a bottom plan view of said holder on an enlarged scale.

Figure 8 represents a transverse vertical section thereof on line 83 Figure 2.

Figure 1 represents a longitudinal section on line 4l- 1 Figure 2. Figure 5 represents a section and side view of detached portions.

Similar numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts in the figures.

Referring to the drawings.

1 designates a desk. 2 designates the top drawer thereof, and 3 designates the cross bar at the front of the desk on which said drawer is supported all of which are of ordinary construction.

4 designates a plate preferably of meta comprising the holder for a pad, and means for attaching it to the desk, it consisting of the horizontal front portion 5 which is adapted to be screwed or otherwise secured to the underside of said cross bar 3, the rear horizontal portion 6 which is back of said .cross bar and the vertical sides 7 which are 1922. Serial No. 566,460.

said portions 5 and 6 of the plate is the elbow 11 bent therefrom and having therein the transversely extending slot 12 which forms a passage for the paper as drawn from the roll towards the front of the de vice, it being seen that as the paper leaves the roll it moves over the rear portion 6- of the plate and under the front portion .5'

thereof and so reaches the front edge .13 of the latter which edge is serrated or if desired may be sharpened for severing a piece of the paper sufiicient for a pad, seeFi'gure 1, it

being seen that when the piece to be severed reaches said edge 13 it may be turned against the same and so out ofi as by 'a paper. cutter.

14 designates ahplate which is connected at one end by thepivot 15 with the adjacent end of said plate, or if. desired, directly with the cross bar 3 of the desk, said plate passing under the front portion 5 of the securing plated and being sufliciently separated from the undersideof said portion 5 to form a passage to allow the relative length of the paper to be drawn through the same and guided to the cutting edge 13,

while the plate sustains said length and prevents it from dropping whereby the uncut or unsevered length of the paper is within reach to be grasped for further drawing the same to the cutting edge. In order that a finger of the operator may reach the paper back of the cutting edge and so take hold of the same in order to be drawn out, the sustaining plate has thereon at its front edge the recess 15 in which the finger may be inserted and so take frictional hold of the paper and the finger is moved as to bring sufiicient length of the paper in front of the cutting edge as to be grasped so as to draw out the paper to a further extent sufficient for a pad.

In order to prevent improper opening out of the sustaining plate 14, the free end 16 of the same is adapted to be entered into the horizontally extending slot 17 in the adjacent side end of the front portion 5 of the plate 4, and remain frictionally therein thus looking the plate 1 in its closed position. The plate 14 may be drawn out or Ill) opened in order to pass the paper beneath the front portion 5 of the plate 4: and so set the paper after which said plate may be restored to its operative position. In order to conveniently manipulate said plate 14: easily in either of its motions the free end thereof is formed with the deflected lip 18 which comprises a finger piece to be readily engaged by the finger of the operator.

Having thus described my invention what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

A holder for a desk or memorandum pad primarily of the form of a continuous length of paper or the like consisting of a plate composed of a front portion having a cutting edge, and means adapting it to be attached to the under side of the front cross bar of a desk or the like, a rear portion on which the length of paper is adapted to be mounted concealed beneath the top of the desk or the like, said plate having therein intermediate of said portions a horizontal passage for the paper from its support to said cutting edge, and a movablyanounted sustaining plate for retaining the paper close to said front portion of the plate adjacent to said cutting edge thereof.

2. A holder for a desk or memorandum pad primarily of the form of a continuous length of paper consisting of a front plate member connectible with a support and Having a cutting edge and a rear plate member adapted to hold the paper in primary condition, a movable retainer for the paper below said front plate member adjacent to said cutting edge, and means for interlocking said retainer with said front plate member.

3. A holder for a desk or memorandum pad primarily of the form of a continuous length of paper consisting of a front plate member connectible With a support and having a cutting edge, and a rear plate member adapted to hold the paper in primary condition, a movable retainer for the paper be low said front plate member adjacent to said cutting edge, said front plate member having a slotted terminal, and said retainer being adapted to enter the slot of said terminal.

4. A holder for a desk or memorandum pad primarily of the form of a continuous length of paper consisting of a front plate member connectible with a support and having a cutting edge and an elbow with a slot for the passage of the paper, and a rear plate member adapted to hold the paper in primary condition, a movable retainer for the paper below said front plate member adjacent to said cutting edge, said retainer having therein a recess for the entrance of the finger of an operator to the paper on the front plate member.

5. A holder for a desk or memorandum pad primarily of the form of a continuous length of paper consisting of a front plate member connectible with a support and having a cutting edge, and a rear plate member adapted to hold the paper in primary condition, a movable retainer for the paper below said front plate member adjacent to said cutting edge, said front plate member having a slotted terminal, and said retainer being adapted to enter the slot of said terminal and being provided on its terminal with an operating finger piece.

STEWART B. MEIN. Witnesses:

JOHN A. WIEDERSHEIM, N. BUSSINGLE. 

